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[OT] Bill Gross: The single biggest reason why startups succeed

by Martin BÃ¤hr

Excerpts from S Krish's message of 2015-07-20 17:47:50 +0200: > Check out this amazing TEDTalk: > Bill Gross: The single biggest reason why startups succeed > http://on.ted.com/h15YB meh. read the transcript if you want to save the time, but to save even more time, here is the summary: "The number one thing was timing. Timing accounted for 42 percent of the difference between success and failure. Team and execution came in second, and the idea, the differentiability of the idea, the uniqueness of the idea, that actually came in third. ... The last two, business model and funding" he talks about the need to assess timing, but unfortunately doesn't tell much about how to do it, which is really the crux of the matter. in hindsight it is of course easy to see how the timing factor applies. but before, it's like trying to predict the future. and then, how does that relate to pharo or smalltalk in general? how can we assess the timing for pharo's success? did smalltalk miss its chance, so we should give up? or is it still coming? glass bowl anyone? there is no actionable advice in there. what shall we do? wait, and we'll know the timing is right when we see it? the only advice i can extract is that, because we can't predict the timing, don't put all eggs in the same basket, and while pushing pharo, don't push so hard that the future depends on the push to succeed. instead make sure that the project can continue even if the time is not right, so that it is still alive when the time is finally right. to actually make an attempt at prediction we'd have to look at developer needs. what are developers needs now, and does pharo deliver to fill those needs? (i believe it is pretty clear that pharo is still missing a few things, mostly on the integration side with other systems) can we predict what developers will need and expect in 5 years, and can pharo develop to match those needs? these questions are dear to my heart because i am asking them myself for my own project. i believe, i have a solution that many developers need, but as far as i can tell most developers are not aware of the problem yet. i hope that in time they will become aware, and that by then my project will be ready and thrive. we'll see. greetings, martin. -- eKita - the online platform for your entire academic life -- chief engineer eKita.co pike programmer pike.lysator.liu.se caudium.net societyserver.org secretary beijinglug.org mentor fossasia.org foresight developer foresightlinux.org realss.com unix sysadmin Martin BÃ¤hr working in china http://societyserver.org/mbaehr/

July 20, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Ephemeric Cloud - new platform to publish Pharo web applications

by Esteban A. Maringolo

It is a very interesting approach. Thank you for doing it. Can you share what cloud service do you use to run PharoCloud? (AWS, Google AppEngine, DigitalOcean, etc.) Regards! Esteban A. Maringolo 2015-07-20 12:47 GMT-03:00 Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.bergel(a)me.com>: > This is fantasticâ¦ > > Alexandre > > > > On Jul 20, 2015, at 5:16 PM, mikefilonov <mikefilonov(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear Pharo users, > > > > I'm so excited to introduce you a project I'm currently working on which > is > > called "Ephemeric cloud". It is a very simple and fast way to publish > your > > Images to the web. Basically to publish a Smalltalk Image you just need > to > > call a usual HTTP POST request to Pharocloud Ephemeric API and you'll > get a > > hostname in response. > > > > Check those small video examples below. 2 minutes each (and most of the > time > > is uploading time of my not-so-fast home internet :) > > > > Publish with curl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dKBCpj96cU > > Publish with Drag&Drop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGTenCIwik > > > > The main idea of the project is to put as many images as possible and as > > simple as possible. And I'm so confident in efficiency of this solution > that > > I included a free plan for you guys:) > > > > Hooray to Pharo Free hosting! :) (scared smile) > > > > I see Ephemeric cloud as a corner stone of all Pharo web development. > > For instance, I can imagine some kind of "Publish" button on Marina > project > > site, clicking on which a user will spawn a new instance in the cloud and > > will be able to test it immediately. Another good use case is running > > unit-tests by publishing an Image and running some API calls on it by > > script. Or you can have an A-B publish scheme when a part of users are > sent > > to a new version for a test and the rest to a stable one. By the way, > > ephemerics are a great case for Pharo Remote Debug project;) > > > > My intentions are to get to the point when Ephemeric cloud subscription > is a > > must-have tool for a Pharo developer! :) > > > > You may check some project details here: > > https://www.pharocloud.com/kb/tutorial/ephemerics-introduction > > > > All questions are so-very welcomed. If anyone is interested in > participation > > in cloud beta-testing please contact me at support(a)pharocloud.com and > I'll > > extend your subscription plan. > > > > Cheers, > > Mike > > Pharocloud Team > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Ephemeric-Cloud-new-platform-to-publish-Pharo-web-app… > > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > -- > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > > >

July 20, 2015

Bill Gross: The single biggest reason why startups succeed

by S Krish

Check out this amazing TEDTalk: Bill Gross: The single biggest reason why startups succeed http://on.ted.com/h15YB

July 20, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Ephemeric Cloud - new platform to publish Pharo web applications

by Alexandre Bergel

This is fantasticâ¦ Alexandre > On Jul 20, 2015, at 5:16 PM, mikefilonov <mikefilonov(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Pharo users, > > I'm so excited to introduce you a project I'm currently working on which is > called "Ephemeric cloud". It is a very simple and fast way to publish your > Images to the web. Basically to publish a Smalltalk Image you just need to > call a usual HTTP POST request to Pharocloud Ephemeric API and you'll get a > hostname in response. > > Check those small video examples below. 2 minutes each (and most of the time > is uploading time of my not-so-fast home internet :) > > Publish with curl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dKBCpj96cU > Publish with Drag&Drop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGTenCIwik > > The main idea of the project is to put as many images as possible and as > simple as possible. And I'm so confident in efficiency of this solution that > I included a free plan for you guys:) > > Hooray to Pharo Free hosting! :) (scared smile) > > I see Ephemeric cloud as a corner stone of all Pharo web development. > For instance, I can imagine some kind of "Publish" button on Marina project > site, clicking on which a user will spawn a new instance in the cloud and > will be able to test it immediately. Another good use case is running > unit-tests by publishing an Image and running some API calls on it by > script. Or you can have an A-B publish scheme when a part of users are sent > to a new version for a test and the rest to a stable one. By the way, > ephemerics are a great case for Pharo Remote Debug project;) > > My intentions are to get to the point when Ephemeric cloud subscription is a > must-have tool for a Pharo developer! :) > > You may check some project details here: > https://www.pharocloud.com/kb/tutorial/ephemerics-introduction > > All questions are so-very welcomed. If anyone is interested in participation > in cloud beta-testing please contact me at support(a)pharocloud.com and I'll > extend your subscription plan. > > Cheers, > Mike > Pharocloud Team > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Ephemeric-Cloud-new-platform-to-publish-Pharo-web-app… > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

July 20, 2015

Ephemeric Cloud - new platform to publish Pharo web applications

by mikefilonov

Dear Pharo users, I'm so excited to introduce you a project I'm currently working on which is called "Ephemeric cloud". It is a very simple and fast way to publish your Images to the web. Basically to publish a Smalltalk Image you just need to call a usual HTTP POST request to Pharocloud Ephemeric API and you'll get a hostname in response. Check those small video examples below. 2 minutes each (and most of the time is uploading time of my not-so-fast home internet :) Publish with curl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dKBCpj96cU Publish with Drag&Drop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuGTenCIwik The main idea of the project is to put as many images as possible and as simple as possible. And I'm so confident in efficiency of this solution that I included a free plan for you guys:) Hooray to Pharo Free hosting! :) (scared smile) I see Ephemeric cloud as a corner stone of all Pharo web development. For instance, I can imagine some kind of "Publish" button on Marina project site, clicking on which a user will spawn a new instance in the cloud and will be able to test it immediately. Another good use case is running unit-tests by publishing an Image and running some API calls on it by script. Or you can have an A-B publish scheme when a part of users are sent to a new version for a test and the rest to a stable one. By the way, ephemerics are a great case for Pharo Remote Debug project;) My intentions are to get to the point when Ephemeric cloud subscription is a must-have tool for a Pharo developer! :) You may check some project details here: https://www.pharocloud.com/kb/tutorial/ephemerics-introduction All questions are so-very welcomed. If anyone is interested in participation in cloud beta-testing please contact me at support(a)pharocloud.com and I'll extend your subscription plan. Cheers, Mike Pharocloud Team -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Ephemeric-Cloud-new-platform-to-publish-Pharo-web-app… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

July 20, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Woden?

by Ronie Salgado

> > May I suggest you add a note on SmalltalkHub about needed Pharo version > (I just added one in DrGeo page;) Done. 2015-07-20 10:53 GMT-03:00 Hilaire <hilaire(a)drgeo.eu>: > Le 20/07/2015 21:01, Ronie Salgado a Ã©crit : > > I am not able to reproduce your problem. Can you try testing with the > > following image and VM?: http://ronie.cl/Woden/woden-a01-linux.zip > > Ronie, > > Ok, your image works out of the box, with the shipped VM or latest VM > download from pharo.org. > I see your image is Pharo4.0. I was using 3.0, probably because I see > some #3.0 for opengl. > May I suggest you add a note on SmalltalkHub about needed Pharo version > (I just added one in DrGeo page;) > I will try to install in a fresh 4.0, just to be sure. > > Thanks > > Hilaire > > -- > Dr. Geo > http://drgeo.eu > http://google.com/+DrgeoEu > > > >

July 20, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Woden?

by Hilaire

Le 20/07/2015 21:01, Ronie Salgado a Ã©crit : > I am not able to reproduce your problem. Can you try testing with the > following image and VM?: http://ronie.cl/Woden/woden-a01-linux.zip Ronie, Ok, your image works out of the box, with the shipped VM or latest VM download from pharo.org. I see your image is Pharo4.0. I was using 3.0, probably because I see some #3.0 for opengl. May I suggest you add a note on SmalltalkHub about needed Pharo version (I just added one in DrGeo page;) I will try to install in a fresh 4.0, just to be sure. Thanks Hilaire -- Dr. Geo http://drgeo.eu http://google.com/+DrgeoEu

July 20, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Overriding method - ExampleBuilderMorph>>#openModal:

by Jigyasa Grover

Thank You, but I have resolved my issue :) -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Overriding-method-ExampleBuilderMorph-openModal-tp483… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

July 20, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Woden?

by Ronie Salgado

Hi Hilaire, I am not able to reproduce your problem. Can you try testing with the following image and VM?: http://ronie.cl/Woden/woden-a01-linux.zip Greetings, Ronie 2015-07-20 8:00 GMT-03:00 Merwan Ouddane <merwanouddane(a)gmail.com>: > On lun., 2015-07-20 at 18:41 +0800, Hilaire wrote: > > Le 20/07/2015 05:45, stepharo a Ã©crit : > > > merwane > > > > > > could you also publish the files you used? > > > I think that this would be good to have a resource so that people can > > > fully > > > redo all the exercises. > > > > I understand Woden is still at early stage of development, so not much > > documented, that's ok. > > But my problem seems related to something else than missing resources, > > and I don't know what's wrong. > > > > I have an error at the VM level, even using the latest pharo vm. > > See screenshot of error at: > > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.smalltalk.pharo.user/20773 > > > > Weird... > Seems like you don't have the Nativeboost trait "TNBMemoryAccessors" > > > Thanks > > > > Hilaire > > > > > >

July 20, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Moose to analyse Java code

by Alexandre Bergel

Hi Hilaire! The very first step, is to obtain a .MSE file from the Java code. MSE is what Moose can eat. I can produce one or maybe the Synectique guys can provide a license for you. Best is to do it step by step. Ask the student to interact in the Moose mailing list. it will all make things easier. So, to begins with, I can produce a MSE file for you. Where are the source code? Cheers, Alexandre > On Jul 20, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Hilaire <hilaire(a)drgeo.eu> wrote: > > Hello, > > A friend told me one of his student need to understand the flow of > OpenStreepMap java code. Of course I told him about Moose, but I am not > sure I provide him enough guidance to get his student started with moose > (zero knowledge). > > What will be the practical step to get started for a total novice on > Moose/Pharo (I can give the initial step related to the Pharo > environment, so no need to mention it) ? > > If such information exists, just point it to me, but I did not find > after a small search. I just read it is possible > (http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/moose-custom-analyses-made-easy/) but > I bet such step by step guidance, will be very useful to let novice on > Pharo get started and is a way to attract more easily new users. > > Thanks > > Hilaire > > -- > Dr. Geo > http://drgeo.eu > http://google.com/+DrgeoEu > > > -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

July 20, 2015